/**
 * KopsoxFramework
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.kopsox.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.kopsox.general.type.Typed;
import org.kopsox.general.type.ValueType;

/**
 * Standardinterface for Values
 * 
 * @author Konrad Renner
 * @param <T> 
 */
public interface Value<T extends Serializable> extends Serializable,Typed,Backuped<T>, Comparable<Value<T>> {

	/**
	 * Gets the value
	 * 
	 * @return value
	 */
	public T getValue();
	
	/**
	 * Gets the ValueDescriptor of this value.<br>
	 * The ValueDescriptor holds many information of the value, e.g. the name of the value...
	 * 
	 * @return ValueDescriptor
	 */
	public ValueDescriptor getValueDescriptor();
	
	public ValueType getType();
}
